Huge thanks to the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and ShaneWinser for hosting an away day for our research group @KewScience. Where else could you talk science a few steps away from Captain Scott’s sledge and over one million maps.

What are wood pastures? Why are trees pollarded? How can abandoned pollards be recognised? Why are wood pastures so rich in insects, lichens, fungi and bats? More videos youtube.com/@Bill_Sutherla…

Delighted to see our briefing on birds and people in the Congo Basin peatlands now available to read online, both in English and French #CongoPeat

So pleased to have this paper published on our research in the peatlands in #DRC. We document the essential role the peatlands play in the lives and livelihoods of villagers and Indigenous People. With thanks to Simon Lewis and Shona Jenkins for helping to make it happen.

A big moment for a tiny bird!   Nine extinct in the wild birds have arrived on their new island home, ahead of their release into the wild in just a few weeks 👇 zsl.org/news-and-event…

And just like that my time at Kew has come to an end! Thanks to everyone @KewScience, it’s been a special place to work for the past year Very excited to be starting a PhD Cambridge University Hughes Hall in October, working on defaunation across Southern Africa with @FletcherEcology

Tracking data can allow developers to pinpoint exactly where conservation measures are needed to protect migrating animals 🦓. Learn more about the Atlas of Ungulate Migration Sept. 4th at 16:00 CEST, Zoom link: un-org-unep.zoom.us/j/93137687470 Atlas designed by InfoGraphics Lab 🦌🫎

In Madagascar, the #GCBC’s delivery partner uses drones to detect illegal logging activity in protected areas. Ground crews are alerted and can act quickly to prevent deforestation and protect vital, #biodiversity rich ecological assets. 🌳 🌲 Read more: buff.ly/3Xgcfez

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants theguardian.com/environment/20…

Aurora ⁦⁦Hughes Hall⁩

Lovely photo of the Northern Lights above Hughes last night. Thanks for sharing, Joe Langley!

TREES (NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award) – a major new initiative for PhD studentships in environmental science led by three @UCL departments (EarthSciences UCL, UCL Geography & GEE UCLbiosciences) and involving ten universities and research institutes... ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…

A really exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and growing lab in Cambridge! Cambridge Conservation Initiative @cambridge_uccri

📢Publication alert! LIFE: A metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Authors include Alison Eyres and Prof Andrew Balmford doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2…

With wonderful colleagues from Central Africa I’m co-leading the Congo Basin Science Initiative to drive investment into understanding the worlds second largest expanse of tropical forest. We have 30 PhD and MSc fully funded scholarships, details here: congobasinscience.net/scholarships/

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… I never thought I'd see my name in Science and I'm over the moon! Many thanks to Jedediah Brodie Gary Tabor, Rob Fletcher, and team. It was an honor to work with you!